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The Groove

The greatest artists of all time from Canada

59 artists ranked by the Groove — music.nw’s own measure of renown. Not an opinion, a fact computed from the record. Why?

No. 1

Rush

Canada flagCanada · 1968– · progressive rock
255.500
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2 Neil Young Canada flagCanada · 1945– · rock 117.530
3 Leonard Cohen Canada flagCanada · 1934–2016 · rock 92.160
4 Godspeed You! Black Emperor Canada flagCanada · 1994– · post-rock 86.480
5 Avril Lavigne Canada flagCanada · 1984– · alternative rock 82.740
6 Alanis Morissette Canada flagCanada · 1974– · rock 67.930
7 Arcade Fire Canada flagCanada · 2001– · indie rock 64.920
8 Justin Bieber Canada flagCanada · 1994– · pop 52.460
9 Grimes Canada flagCanada · 1988– · synth-pop 48.600
10 The Weeknd Canada flagCanada · 1990– · contemporary r&b 44.660
11 Drake Canada flagCanada · 1986– · hip hop 37.140
12 Carly Rae Jepsen Canada flagCanada · 1985– · pop 37.030
13 Bryan Adams Canada flagCanada · 1959– · rock 35.180
14 Joni Mitchell Canada flagCanada · 1943– · folk 33.980
15 Metric Canada flagCanada · 1998– · indie rock 32.620
16 Nickelback Canada flagCanada · 1995– · rock 28.400
17 Skinny Puppy Canada flagCanada · 1982–2023 · industrial 27.220
18 deadmau5 Canada flagCanada · 1981– · progressive house 26.990
19 Venetian Snares Canada flagCanada · 1975– · breakcore 22.400
20 Sarah McLachlan Canada flagCanada · 1968– · pop 22.386
21 Front Line Assembly Canada flagCanada · 1986– · electronic 22.320
22 Sum 41 Canada flagCanada · 1996–2025 · pop punk 21.670
23 Devin Townsend Canada flagCanada · 1972– · progressive metal 20.892
24 Three Days Grace Canada flagCanada · 1997– · rock 20.840
25 The Band Canada flagCanada · 1967–1999 · rock 19.400
26 Crystal Castles Canada flagCanada · 2006–2017 · electronic 15.870
27 Céline Dion Canada flagCanada · 1968– · pop 14.030
28 Feist Canada flagCanada · 1976– · indie pop 13.840
29 Tegan and Sara Canada flagCanada · 1998– · rock 13.820
30 Devin Townsend Project Canada flagCanada · 2008–2018 · rock 9.420
31 TR/ST Canada flagCanada · 2010– · electronic 8.600
32 Voivod Canada flagCanada · 1982– · heavy metal 8.580
33 Shania Twain Canada flagCanada · 1965– · country 6.840
34 Spiritbox Canada flagCanada · 2017– · metalcore 6.300
35 Glenn Gould Canada flagCanada · 1932–1982 · classical 5.670
36 Annihilator Canada flagCanada · 1984– · thrash metal 5.400
37 Nelly Furtado Canada flagCanada · 1978– · pop 5.180
38 Harmonium Canada flagCanada · 1972–1979 · progressive folk 4.980
39 Purity Ring Canada flagCanada · 2010– · electropop 4.800
40 Archspire Canada flagCanada · 2009– · technical death metal 4.765
41 Billy Talent Canada flagCanada · 1993– · alternative rock 4.620
42 Mac DeMarco Canada flagCanada · 1990– · indie rock 4.620
43 Howard Shore Canada flagCanada · 1946– · cinematic classical 4.400
44 Michael Bublé Canada flagCanada · 1975– · jazz 4.400
45 k.d. lang Canada flagCanada · 1961– · country rock 4.380
46 Beyond Creation Canada flagCanada · 2005– · technical death metal 4.200
47 Broken Social Scene Canada flagCanada · 1999– · indie rock 4.200
48 Blank Banshee Canada flagCanada · 1986– · vaporwave 4.000